DANIEL AFONSO: Caminante, no hay camino (2023)

BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON (1942-2024): We Are the Ones We Been Waiting For

DALE TRUMBORE: Vital Dance

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963): Litanies à la Vierge Noire (1936)

REGINAL WRIGHT: Crossroad (2023)

JOAN SZYMKO: Blessed Be (2015)

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER: I’ll Go Alone (2007)

SARO LYNCH-THOMASON, ARR. SAUNDER CHOI: More Waters Rising

B.E. BOYKIN: Inception (from American Prophecy)

HEATHER MASSE: Bird Song

BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON: We Are the Ones We Been Waiting For (reprise)

CASSIE LUFTSPRING: On Christmas (2018)

DEREK HOLMAN (1931-2019): Sir Christëmas

I. Proface, welcome!
II. Sir Christëmas
III. The Wassail
IV. Omnes gentes plaudite
V. Here comes holly
VI. Ivy, chief of trees
VII. Nay, ivy, nay
VIII. Now have good day!

TRAD. CANADIAN: The Huron Carol

DAVID HUGHES (EOS IÂL), ARR. ARWEL HUGHES: Ar gyfer heddiw’r bore

KATHLEEN ALLEN: the close and holy darkness (2012)

KERRY ANDREW: apples, plums, cherries (2018)

CECILIA MCDOWALL: Bless to me this day (2016)

TRAD. CROATIAN, ARR. EMIL COSSETTO: Tri Koledarske

I. Koleda ide v selo
II. Pred starim majkama
III. Dobri denek

TRAD. CROATIAN, ARR. TIHOMIR PETROVIČ: U to vrijeme godišta

TRAD. CROATIAN, ARR. TIHOMIR PETROVIČ: Spavaj sinko

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: Brightest and Best (2019)

29 June 2024
Opening performance for 43rd Annual Summer Evenings with Vladimir Prelog Choir
Večeri na Griču Festival
Zrinjevac Park Pavilion, Zagreb

30 June 2024
Joint concert with Samoborke Vocal Ensemble
Church of St. Anastasia
Samobor

3 July 2024
Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
Opatija

Eliza Rubenstein, Artistic Director
Sarah Hughes, Assistant Director
Janelle Kim, Piano
Shauna McFadden, Guitar
Abigail Sorber, Conducting Intern

Program was selected from the following and announced from the stage:

B. E. BOYKIN: Stardust (2021, text by Brittny Ray Crowell)

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. RYAN BRANDAU: Angel Band (2022)

ANSELMO CANJUGA, ARR. PETROVIC/DZIDA/MCFADDDEN: Ljiljane Bijeli

TRAD. CROATIAN, ARR. BOSKA DZIDA: Lepe ti je Zagorje zelene

MAY ERLEWINE, ARR. CORIE BROWN: Never One Thing (2019)

TRAD. VENEZUELAN, ARR. CRISTIAN GRASES: La Paloma (2007)

ELAINE HAGENBERG: Measure Me, Sky! (2023)

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: O! What a Beautiful City (2018)

FROM CITHARA OCTOCORDO, ARR. PETROVIC/DZIDA: Spavaj Sinko

NICKY MEHTA, AS SUNG BY THE WAILIN’ JENNYS: Avila

SARAH QUARTEL: Here On These Branches (2013)

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943): The Angel (from Six Choruses for Treble Voices)

TOBIN STOKES: Ikimilikiliklik (2008)

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901): Witches’ Chorus from Macbeth

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901): Witches’ Chorus from Macbeth

TRAD. VENEZUELAN, ARR. CRISTIAN GRASES: La Paloma (2007)

LIBBY LARSEN: Look! Be: Leap; (2014)

SARAH QUARTEL: Here On These Branches (2013)

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943): The Angel (from Six Choruses for Treble Voices)

PHILIP KUTEV (1903-1982): Dragana I Slaveya

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856): Mondnacht

LINDA HIRSCHHORN: A Million Nightingales (1982)

MARYAM KHOURY: Koowu (2006)

ANDERS EDENROTH: Bumble Bee (2009)

ANTHONY NEWLEY AND LESLIE BRICUSSE: Feeling Good

JIMMY WEBB, ARR. JULIE GAULKE: Up, Up, and Away

HAROLD ARLEN, ARR. LLOYD STEINKAMP: Over the Rainbow

TOBIN STOKES: Ikimilikiliklik (2008)

ELAINE HAGENBERG: Measure Me, Sky! (2023)

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: O! What a Beautiful City (2018)

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. RYAN BRANDAU: Angel Band (2022)

ANONYMOUS: L’Homme Armé (c. 1450)

CARLOS CORDERO: Normal (2021, text by Deedra Van Ness)

RACHEL A. OXLEY: Breath (2022; world premiere SSAA edition)

KAREN SIEGEL: Why Do We Love Our Guns? (2016)

B. E. BOYKIN: Stardust (2021, text by Brittny Ray Crowell)

ALYSIA LEE: Say Her Name (2020)

SARAH QUARTEL: Requiem aeternam (from Sanctum)

MICHAEL BUSSEWITZ-QUARM: To Avielle, on Her Fifth, Sixth Birthday (from The Unarmed Child, 2019, text by Shantel Sellers)

SARAH QUARTEL: Sing, My Child (2017)

TRAD. WELSH, ARR. KEVIN HILDEBRAND: Go, My Children

NICKY MEHTA, AS SUNG BY THE WAILIN’ JENNYS: Avila

DON MACDONALD: Tabula rasa (2014)

MAY ERLEWINE, ARR. CORIE BROWN: Never One Thing (2019)

SPIRITUAL, ARR. ROSEPHANYE POWELL: Keep Yo’ Lamps (2009)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN, ARR. JOSH SPARKMAN: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (2023)

TRAD. SPANISH, ARR. PAULA FOLEY TILLEN: Los Pastores a Belén (2017)

AGNETA SKÖLD: Hodie Christus Natus Est (2007)

JOHN RUTTER: Dancing Day (1974)

Prelude

Angelus ad Virginem

A Virgin Most Pure

Personent Hodie

Interlude

There Is No Rose

Coventry Carol

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

RACHEL PORTMAN: We Were There (2014)

P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY, ARR. AVRIEL KAPLAN, KEVIN OLUSOLA, AND BEN BRAM: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (1892/2014)

TRAD., ARR. RYAN JAMES BRANDAU: Wassail (2023)

SARAH QUARTEL: As You Sing (2018)

KATERINA GIMON: In Her Image (2019)

JOAN SZYMKO: Water Women (2016)

SARAH QUARTEL: All the Way Home (2018)

SARAH QUARTEL: The Birds’ Lullaby (2021)

CARL DAVIS: Here Comes the Ballad (1959)

BOBBY DARIN: As Long As I’m Singing (1962)

ANDREA RAMSEY: Failure Is Impossible (from Suffrage Cantata, 2020)

RUTH HUBER: In the Forest (world premiere commission)

ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS: Only in Sleep (2015)

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. THE WAILIN’ JENNYS: Long Time Traveler

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. ANDREA RAMSEY: Travelin’ Home

SARAH QUARTEL: God Will Give Orders/Sweet Child (2016)

LIBBY LARSEN: Look! Be: leap; (2014)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750): O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118

ANDREA CLEARFIELD: Tse Go La (2012)

Prologue

I. Kye (Birth)

II. Shar Ki Ri (Mountain to the East)

III. Tse Go La (At the Threshold of this Life)

IV. Kusum (Where Queen Kusum goes to Ladakh)

V. Re Ching Tso (The Performers) Interlude: At the Threshold

VI. Shi (Death)

DANIEL J. HALL: Indian Summer (2008)

SHAWN KIRCHNER: Bright Morning Stars

SHAWN KIRCHNER: O! What a Beautiful City (2018)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179) O virtus Sapientiae

ELEANOR DALEY: A Hymn for St. Cecilia (2011)

JAN BOLS, ARR VIC NEES: Gildebroeders, maakt plezieren (1897)

JULIJE SKJAVETIĆ (C. 1535-C. 1565): Cantantibus organis

ORESTE RAVANELLO (1871-1938): Est secretum

G.F. HANDEL: What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell

JOCELYN HAGEN: Moon Goddess (2011)

SARA GARRARD: From Four Hildegard Texts

III. O Virgo mediatrix

IV. O choruscans lux stellarum

DAVID L. BRUNNER: All I Was Doing Was Breathing (2009)

BRUCE ROCKWELL: Alejandrina Rosa, Alejandrina Estrella (2004)

STEVEN SAMETZ: I Cannot Dance, O Lord (2008)

June 27, 2022
LIGHT Eternal
Presented by Manhattan Concert Productions
Carnegie Hall
Isaac Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage

Spotlight Performance
Orange County Women’s Chorus
Eliza Rubenstein, Artistic Director
Sarah Hughes, Assistant Director
Janelle Kim, Piano

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER: Faith is the Bird that Feels the Light

JOAN SZYMKO: Blessed Be

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: Brightest and Best

Masterwork Festival Chorus and New York City Chamber Orchestra
Eliza Rubenstein, Conductor
Marlissa Hudson, Soprano
Leah Wool, Mezzo-soprano
Brian Giebler, Tenor
Damian Savarino, Bass

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809): Missa in Angustiis (“Lord Nelson” Mass), HOB. XXII/11

     Kyrie eleison

     Gloria in excelsis Deo – Qui tollis peccata mundi – Quoniam tu solus sanctus

     Credo – Et incarnatus est – Et resurrexit

     Sanctus – Pleni sunt coeli

     Benedictus – Pleni sunt coeli

     Agnus Dei – Dona nobis pacem 

DMITRY BORTNIANSKY (1751-1825): Otche Nash (Our Father)

JOCELYN C CHAMBERS: Hope is a Strange Invention (2022) (World Premiere)

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809): Missa in Angustiis (“Lord Nelson” Mass), HOB. XXII/11

     Kyrie eleison

     Gloria in excelsis Deo – Qui tollis peccata mundi – Quoniam tu solus sanctus

     Credo – Et incarnatus est – Et resurrexit

     Sanctus – Pleni sunt coeli

     Benedictus – Pleni sunt coeli

     Agnus Dei – Dona nobis pacem 

TRAD. SHAKER, ARR. PENNY D. TULLOCK: How Can I Keep from Singing (2012) 

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER: Faith is the Bird that Feels the Light (2005) 

PÄRT UUSBERG (B. 1986): Muusika 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827): Schottische Lieder (selections) 

JOSHUAH CAMPBELL AND CYNTHIA ECHEUMUNA-ERIVO: Stand Up 

JOAN SZYMKO (B. 1957): Blessed Be 

TRADITIONAL FINNISH, ARR. MATTI HYÖKKI: On suuri sun rantas autius 

LINDA TUTAS HAUGEN: Sunshine and Cloudless Sky (2004) 

CARY RATCLIFF: I Will Wind Thee in my Arms (2006) 

UNDINE SMITH MOORE (1904-1989): A Christmas Alleluia 

TRAD. POLISH, ARR. ELIZABETH ALEXANDER: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (2018) 

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: Brightest and Best 

SHERGIL PIRTSKHELANI: Mival Guriashi (with the University of Chicago Women’s Ensemble and Zedashe)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897): Three selections from Zigeunerlieder (with Men in Blaque)

I. He, Zigeuner!
III. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
IV. Lieber Gott, du weißt

TANIA LEÓN (b. 1943): “La Guitara” from Rimas tropicales

CARLOS GUASTAVINO (1912-2000): Pueblito, mi pueblo

LINDA HIRSCHHORN: I Have a Million Nightingales

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE, ARR. RO OGURA: Hotaru Koi

TRADITIONAL CROATIAN, ARR. TIHOMIR PETROVIC: Two Lullabies
I. Oj Djetešce moje malo
II. Spavaj Sinko

TRADITIONAL WELSH: Suo Gán

HARRY WARREN AND MACK GORDON, ARR. MAC HUFF: Chattanooga Choo Choo

CARY RATCLIFF: I Will Wind Thee In My Arms

WILLIAM WALKER (1809-1875): The Hills Are Bare at Bethlehem (“Prospect” from The Southern Harmony)

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH: The Cherry Tree Carol

TRADITIONAL FRENCH, ARR. GERT. TH. WALKER: Noël Nouvelet

MEDIEVAL CAROL, ARR. RICHARD PROULX: Nova, Nova (2004)

DALE TRUMBORE (B. 1987): What We Hand Over (World Premiere)

KIRKE MECHEM (B. 1925): The Joy of Bells (from Seven Joys of Christmas)

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643): Exulta Filia Sion, SV303

ROSEPHANYE POWELL: Have You Seen the Baby Jesus? (2011)

ROBERT MACGIMSEY: Sweet Little Jesus Boy (1934)

HUGH MARTIN AND RALPH BLANE: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1943)

ZANAIDA ROBLES: Umoja (2005)

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH, ARR. BRIAN NOEL: Of the Father’s Love Begotten (Harp)

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH, ARR. BRIAN NOEL: Variations on “Greensleeves” (Harp)

AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL, ARR. CLIFTON NOBLE: Hold On

DANIEL J. HALL: Reflections from Yad Vashem (2013)

GYÖRGY ORBÁN (B. 1947): “Sancta Mater” from Stabat Mater in B minor 

JOCELYN HAGEN: All the Pretty Little Horses (2006)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897): Der 13 Psalm, Op. 27

SARAH QUARTEL: God Will Give Orders/Sweet Child (2016)

J. DAVID MOORE: A Facebook Christmas (2009)

ELEANOR DALEY (B. 1955): I Sing of a Maiden

LANA WALTER (B. 1960): Elizabeth’s Ave

TRADITIONAL POLISH, ARR. WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994): In a Manger

DANIEL PINKHAM (1923-2006): The Queens Came Late

ANDREA CLEARFIELD (B. 1960): Now Close the Windows

STEPHEN MAIN: The Darkest Midnight in December (2013)

TRADITIONAL, ARR. ANDREJS JANSONS: Two Latvian Carols
I. Ziemas svetki sabraukuši
II. Balts sniedzins snieg

JOAN SZYMKO (B. 1957): A Winter Ride

HOLLY NEAR, ARR. JOAN SZYMKO: Why Oh Why

CECILE CHAMINADE (1857-1944): Noël des marins

OLA GJEILO (B. 1978): Gloria

ANTONIO ESTÉVEZ, ARR. ALBERTO GRAU (B. 1937)
Mata del ánima sola

KOREAN FOLK SONG, ARR. JUNGSUN LEE (B. 1964)
Blue Bird

JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY, ARR. DEKE SHARON (B. 1967)
Blackbird

FINNISH FOLK SONG, ARR. DONALD PATRIQUIN (B. 1938)
Taivas on sininen

IRVING BERLIN (1888-1989), ARR. TOM NICHOLS
Blue Skies

BOB CHILCOTT (B. 1955)
Cuatro baladas amarillas

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON (B. 1932)
Gold from Adventures in Color

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856), ED. WILLIAM D. HALL
Herbstlied

JOCELYN HAGEN (B. 1980)
Ladies in Green

ELEANOR DALEY (B. 1955)
Child with the Starry Crayon

ROSEMARY CROW, ARR. SARAH HUGHES (B. 1989)
Weave

TRAD. SERBIAN, ARR. NICK PAGE: Niška Banja

JOSEPH GREGORIO (B. 1979): Martes

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON (B. 1932): Come, Ye Makers of Song

VELJO TORMIS (1930-2017): Lauliku lapsepõli

RUTH HUBER: To My Excellent Lucasia, on our Friendship (2007)

JOAN SZYMKO (B. 1957): Water Women

JOCELYN HAGEN (B. 1980): All the Pretty Little Horses

DAVID MACINTYRE: Ave Maria (1994)

YSAŸE BARNWELL (B. 1946): On Children

HENRY MOLLICONE (B. 1946): Benedictus (from Misa de los Inmigrantes)

TARIK O’REGAN (B. 1978): We Remember Them (from Triptych)

TRAD. SPIRITUAL, ARR. CLIFTON NOBLE: Hold On

TRAD. APPALACHIAN, ARR. TOM PORTER: Cripple Creek

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809): THE CREATION

Special guests: Men in Blaque (Joseph Huszti, Artistic Director)

Harriet Fraser, soprano (Gabriel, Eve)

Jon Lee Keenan, tenor (Uriel)

David Stoneman, baritone (Raphael, Adam)

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (C. 1571-1621), ARR. JAN SANDSTRÖM (B. 1954):
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

ELEANOR DALEY (B. 1955): I Sing of a Maiden

JOCELYN HAGEN (B. 1980): Joy
Luanne Homzy, violin

JOEL MATTHYS: Physica (2012)
I. Nightingale
IV. The Unicorn

DANIEL PINKHAM (1923 – 2006): Ave Maria
Claire Stoneman and Amanda Bistolfo, duet

HENRY MOLLICONE (B. 1946): Spanish Ave Maria
Amy Hwang, conductor

KATHERINE SAXON: O magnum mysterium (2005)

CHAN KA NIN (B. 1949): Ave maris stella
Claire Stoneman and Amanda Bistolfo, duet
Sarah Hughes, conductor

CECILIA MCDOWALL (B. 1951): from Missa Mariae
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria

ERIC WHITACRE (B. 1970): Five Hebrew Love Songs
I. Temuná
II. Kalá Kallá
III. Lárov
IV. Éyze shélleg! (Arielle Goldfarb, speaker; Amanda Bistolfo, soloist)
V. Rakút
Luanne Homzy, violin

BENJAMIN MARTINSON (B. 1987): Undivided
Sarah Hughes, soloist

To see texts, translations, notes, and quotes, click here.

SARAH QUARTEL: Alice

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963): From Petites Voix
Le chien perdu
Le hérisson

WALTER SKOLNIK (B. 1980): A Flea and a Fly in a Flue
Sarah Hughes, conductor

MIKLÓS KÓCSAR (B. 1933): Cat and Dog

Orange County Women’s Chorus

SHAKER TUNE, ARR. NANCY GRUNDAHL: Followers of the Lamb

ERIC WHITACRE (B. 1971): The Seal Lullaby

VELJO TORMIS (1930-2017): Lauliku lapsepõli (Milan Le, solo)

UNO NAAISSOO (1928-1980): Metsa Telegramm

JOHN LENNON AND PAUL MCCARTNEY: Blackbird

ROSEPHANYE POWELL (B. 1962): Still I Rise (Alia Yehia, Haley Ainsworth, solos)

Canta Bella

PAUL CAREY: Alley Cat Love Song

DAVID V. MONTOYA: Mi lagartijita feliz

RUTH HUBER: Big Dogs, Music, and Wild, Wild Women

Orange County Women’s Chorus

BILL STAINES, ARR. ED HARRIS: A Place in the Choir

Combined Choirs

YSAYE BARNWELL (B. 1946): Would You Harbor Me

ABBIE BETINIS (B. 1980): From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
I. We Have Come
II. Suffer No Grief
III. Closer to the Fire
IV. Boatpeople
V. We Have Come (reprise)
Cathryn Starr, Amanda Bistolfo, Arielle Goldfarb, Claire Stoneman, Sarah Hughes, soloists
Karen Linkletter, cello
Albert Agha, oud
Amanda Duncan, percussion

MAGGIE FURTAK (B. 1980): La lune
Sarah Hughes, conductor

LINDA TUTAS HAUGEN: Sunshine and Cloudless Sky
(from Anne Frank: A Living Voice)

TRAD. SPIRITUAL, ARR. J. DAVID MOORE: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Allison Hieger, soloist

SPIRITUAL, ARR. ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Goin’ Home
Claire Stoneman, soloist

JOAN SZYMKO (B. 1957): Water Women (world premiere)
This commission was underwritten by a generous gift from Laurie Soderberg, Kristen Soderberg, and Bethany Soderberg Poe in memory of Michael E. Soderberg.

HENRY MOLLICONE (B. 1946): Benedictus (from Misa de los Inmigrantes)
Rachel Sosta, narrator; Claire Stoneman, soloist

LEE HOIBY (1926-2011): Lady of the Harbor
Lisa Roetzel, soloist

YSAYE BARNWELL (B. 1946): Would You Harbor Me

YSAYE BARNWELL (B. 1946): On Children

TRADITIONAL, ARR. MICHAEL MCGLYNN: Noël nouvelet
Elizabeth Bjornsti and Arielle Goldfarb, duet
Sarah Hughes, conductor

TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA (1548-1611): O Regem coeli

JOHANN MICHAEL HAYDN (1737-1806): Vesperae pro Festo Sancti Innocentium
I. Dixit Dominus (Sarah Hughes, Laurie Hamilton, Carole Mintzer, soloists)
II. Confitebor (Claire Stoneman, Lisa Roetzel, Amanda Bistolfo, soloists)
III. Beatus vir (Brandi Birdsong, Arielle Goldfarb, soloists)
V. Memento Domine David (Claire Stoneman, Laurie Hamilton,
Shauna McFadden, soloists)
VI. Hymnus
VII. Magnificat (Sarah Hughes, Laurie Hamilton, Carole Mintzer, soloists)

CECILE CHAMINADE (1857-1944): Noël des marins
Claire Stoneman, soloist

KIRKE MECHEM (B. 1925): Two Christmas Ballads
I. Christmas Carol
II. The Ballad of Befana (Claire Stoneman and Amanda Bistolfo, soloists)

STEPHEN FLAHERTY: Your Daddy’s Son (from Ragtime)

ROBERT MACGIMSEY (1898-1979): Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Brandi Birdsong, soloist

SPIRITUAL, ARR. CALDWELL & IVORY: Go Where I Send Thee

JOHN TAVENER (1944-2013): Song of the Angel
Sarah Hughes, soprano

YSAYE BARNWELL (B. 1946): On Children (reprise)

CANADIAN FOLK SONG, ARR. ALICE PARKER: Punching the Dough

ENGLISH FOLK BALLAD, ARR. MARY GOETZE: Scarborough Fair (Jessica Cosley, conductor)

HUDDIE LEDBETTER, ARR. MOIRA SMILEY: Bring Me Little Water, Silvy

ABRAHAM GOLDFADEN, ARR. JOSHUA R. JACOBSON: Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (from the opera Shulamis)

DAVID DICKAU (B. 1953): If Music Be the Food of Love

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (B. 1948): It’s an Art (from Working; Lizz Bjornsti, soprano)

IRVING FINE (1914-1962): Beautiful Soup

ANDERS EDENROTH (B. 1963): Chili con Carne

(as performed by The Real Group; Lizz Bjornsti, Claire Stoneman, Masako Morita, Jessica Cosley, Shauna McFadden, Boska Dzida, CaroleMintzer, singers; Amanda Bistolfo, vocal percussion)

COLE PORTER (1891-1964): I Get a Kick Out of You (Allison Hieger, mezzo-soprano)

BEN OAKLAND AND MILTON DRAKE, ARR. BEV SELLERS: Java Jive (Lisa Claborne, Trina Walker, Carole Mintzer, Janet Bratton, quartet)

ERIC LANE BARNES: The Caffeine Overload Polka

ZAE MUNN (B. 1953): The Stove

JOHN LEAVITT (B. 1956): the/sky/was

ALAN TERRICCIANO (B. 1961): Gluttony (from The Seven Deadly Sins; Liza Roetzel, soprano)

SHELDON HARNICK (B. 1924) AND JERRY BOCK (1955-2010): Vanilla Ice Cream (from She Loves Me; Claire Stoneman, soprano)

CANADIAN FOLK SONG, ARR. DONALD PATRIQUIN (B. 1938): I Went to the Market

SPIRITUAL, ARR. ALICE PARKER (B. 1925): Come On Up
Claire Stoneman, soloist

SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981): To Be Sung on the Water
Jessica Cosley, conductor

JOCELYN HAGEN (B. 1981): All the Pretty Little Horses
Sarah Hughes, conductor

NORMAN DELLO JOIO (1913-2008): A Jubilant Song
Marie Washington, soloist

The Orange County Women’s Chorus

ELTON JOHN & TIM RICE, ARR. MAC HUFF: Can You Feel The Love Tonight

EWAN MACCOLL, ARR. D. VON KAMPEN: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

DAVID DICKAU (B. 1953): i carry your heart with me

BILLY STEINBERG & TOM KELLY, ARR. DAVID MADDUX: True Colors

Bel Canto

LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990): Take Care of This House

BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms
I. Psalm 108: 2; Psalm 100
II. Psalm 23; Psalm 2: 1-4
III. Psalm 131; Psalm 133: 1
Michael Quintos, countertenor
Sarah Hughes, Laurie Hamilton, Eric Saggese, Jack Middleton, soloists
David York, organ · Brian Noel, harp · John Magnussen, percussion

MEDIEVAL SPANISH, ARR. RICARDO SOTO: Cuncti simus concimentes
Claire Stoneman and Lisa Roetzel, soloists

AGNETA SKÖLD (B. 1962): Hodie Christus Natus Est
Sarah Hughes, conductor

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (1571-1621): Ecce Maria

JOAN SZYMKO (B. 1957): Ave Maria

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897): Ave Maria
Jessica Cosley, conductor

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963): Ave Maria

KO MATSUSHITA (B. 1962): Assumpta est Maria

CONRAD SUSA (1935-2013): Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest
I. ¡Oh, mi Belén!
II. El Desembre Congelat
III. Alegría (Laurie Hamilton, Petrina Walker, duet)
IV. A la Nanita Nana
V. Las Posadas (Lisa Roetzel, Laura Broscow, Amanda Bistolfo,
Carole Mintzer, quartet)
VI. Campana sobre Campana
VII. En Belén Tocan a Fuego (Allison Hieger, Sarah Hughes, soloists)
VIII. El Noi de la Mare (Lisa Roetzel, Laura Broscow, Amanda Bistolfo,
Carole Mintzer, quartet)
IX. Chiquirriquitín
X. El Rorro (Sarah Hughes, Amanda Bistolfo, Arielle Goldfarb, trio)

DAVID MCINTYRE (B. 1952): Ave Maria

EVA UGALDE (B. 1973): Ave Maris Stella

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL, ARR GWEN ARCH: O Mary, Where is Your Baby?
Claire Stoneman, soloist

6 July 2015: Great St. Mary’s, University of Cambridge

7 July 2015: Bristol Cathedral

8 July 2015: Chepstow Castle, with the Chepstow Male Voice Choir

10 – 11 July 2015: International Musical Eisteddfod, Llangollen, Wales

Eliza Rubenstein, Artistic Director
Sarah Hughes, Assistant Director
Bob Gunn, Pianist
Janelle Kim, Rehearsal Pianist

Program to be selected from the following and announced from the stage:

WILLIAM BYRD (c. 1540–1623): Rejoice, Rejoice

ZDENĚK LUKÁŠ (1928–2007): Quot Sunt Apes

ROBERT YOUNG (1923–2011): How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps

CARY RATCLIFF (b. 1953): Three Songs from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
i. I Do Wander Everywhere
ii. You Spotted Snakes
iii. I Will Wind Thee in my Arms

STEVEN SAMETZ (b. 1954): I Cannot Dance, O Lord

SACRED SONGS OF EARLY AMERICA

R. F. MANN: Jewett

F. LEWIS(?), Arr. Jacqueline Horner: Dunlap’s Creek

ANONYMOUS: New Britain

TRAD. SHAKER, ARR. KEVIN SIEGFRIED: Lay Me Low

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: Bright Morning Stars
Laurie Hamilton, soloist; Allison Gibbons, Laurie Hamilton,
Allison Zema, and Carole Mintzer, quartet

TRAD. SPIRITUAL, ARR. CLIFTON NOBLE: Hold On

TRAD. SPIRITUAL, ARR. K. LEE SCOTT: Bright Mansions

SONGS FROM SOUTH AMERICA

TRAD. COLOMBIAN, ARR. ALEJANDRO ZULETA: Velo qué bonito
Laurie Hamilton and Carole Mintzer, duet

TRAD. ARGENTINIAN, ARR. CARLOS GUASTAVINO: Pueblito, mi pueblo
Candice Carvalho, soprano

TRAD. COLOMBIAN, ARR. J. G. GIRALDO: Maquerúle
Claire Stoneman, soprano
Sarah Hughes, conductor

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. TOM PORTER: Cripple Creek
Lisa Roetzel, soprano

R. F. MANN: Jewett

F. LEWIS(?), ARR. JACQUELINE HORNER: Dunlap’s Creek

ANONYMOUS: New Britain

WILLIAM BYRD (C. 1540-1623): Rejoice, Rejoice

ZDENĚK LUKÁŠ (1928-2007): Quot Sunt Apes

ROBERT YOUNG (1923-2011): How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps

STEVEN SAMETZ (B. 1954): I Cannot Dance, O Lord

CARY RATCLIFF (B. 1953): Three Songs from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
I. I Do Wander Everywhere
II. You Spotted Snakes
III. I Will Wind Thee in my Arms

TRAD. COLOMBIAN, ARR. ALEJANDRO ZULETA: Velo qué bonito
Laurie Hamilton and Carole Mintzer, duet

TRAD. ARGENTINIAN, ARR. CARLOS GUASTAVINO: Pueblito, mi pueblo
Candice Carvalho, soprano

TRAD. COLOMBIAN, ARR. J. G. GIRALDO: Maquerúle
Claire Stoneman, soprano
Sarah Hughes, conductor

TRAD. SHAKER, ARR. KEVIN SIEGFRIED: Lay Me Low

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: Bright Morning Stars
Laurie Hamilton, soloist; Allison Gibbons, Laurie Hamilton,
Allison Zema, and Carole Mintzer, quartet

TRAD. SPIRITUAL, ARR. CLIFTON NOBLE: Hold On

TRAD. SPIRITUAL, ARR. K. LEE SCOTT: Bright Mansions

TRAD. AMERICAN, ARR. TOM PORTER: Cripple Creek
Lisa Roetzel, soprano

HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695): Come, All Ye Songsters of the Sky
Sarah Hughes, soprano

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904): From “Moravian Duets”
Velet’, vtačku
Dyby byla kosa nabrošena

ABBIE BETINIS (B. 1980): Be Like the Bird

ZDENĚK LUKÁŠ (1928-2007): Quot Sunt Apes

TRADITIONAL AMERICAN, ARR. ELIE SIEGMEISTER: The Bee
Lisa Roetzel, soprano

CARY RATCLIFF (B. 1953): Three Songs from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
I. I Do Wander Everywhere
II. You Spotted Snakes
III. I Will Wind Thee in my Arms

EMMA LOU DIEMER (B. 1927): Hope is the Thing with Feathers
Sarah Hughes, conductor

MARYAM KHOURY (B. 1983): Koowu
Petrina Walker, dumbek

SARAH QUARTEL (B. 1982): Here on These Branches

LÉO DELIBES (1836-1891): Sous le dôme épais (“Flower Duet” from Lakmé)
Claire Stoneman and Laurie Hamilton, duet

STEPHEN SONDHEIM (B. 1930): Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Allison Gibbons, soprano

LEON RENÉ (A.K.A. JIMMIE THOMAS), ARR. DEKE SHARON: Rockin’ Robin

PAUL MCCARTNEY, ARR. AVITAL LAZAR-PALEY: Blackbird

ANDERS EDENROTH: Bumble Bee
Laurie Hamilton, solo

TRADITIONAL LADINO, ARR. PAULA FOLEY TILLEN: Los Bilbilicos
Allison Hieger, solo

TRADITIONAL GHANAIAN, ARR. FELICIA A.B. SANDLER: Sansa Kroma
Claire Stoneman, solo

ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713): Concerto grosso in G minor,
Op. 6, No. 8 (“Christmas Concerto”)
V. Allegro
VI. Pastorale

WILLIAM BYRD (1540-1623): From Virgin’s Womb; Rejoice, Rejoice!
Candice Carvalho, soloist

JOSEF RHEINBERGER (1839-1901): Mass in A Major (“In nativitate Domini”)
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Sanctus et Benedictus
(Lisa Roetzel, Julie Johnson, Carole Mintzer, trio)
V. Agnus Dei

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767): Suite in A minor, TWV 55:a2
I. Ouverture
V. Réjouissance
Sarah Hughes, conductor

NICOLA PORPORA (1686-1768): Magnificat
I. Magnificat
II. Et exultavit (Sarah Hughes and Laurie Hamilton, soloists)
III. Et misericordia
IV. Fecit potentiam
V. Gloria patri et filio
VI. Sicut erat in principio

CARLOS GUASTAVINO (1912-2000)
Pueblito, mi pueblo
Candice Carvalho, soprano

TRADITIONAL COLOMBIAN, ARR. ALEJANDRO ZULETA (B. 1958)
Velo que bonito
Laurie Hamilton and Carole Mintzer, soloists

TRADITIONAL COLOMBIAN, ARR. JULIÁN GÓMEZ GIRALDO
Maquerúle
Cole Castorina, percussion

JORGE MOREL (B. 1931)
Danza Brasilera
Iren Arutyunyan, guitar

FRANCISCO J. NÚÑEZ (B. 1965)
From Four Spanish Lullabies
Crióme mi madre
Nana para Guitara

BOLIVIAN LULLABY, ARR. JUDITH HERRINGTON
Duérmete, mi corazón
Krista Seaman and Louise Sawyer, mezzo-sopranos

CONSUELO VELAZQUEZ (1916-2005), ARR. CARSTEN GERLITZ
Bésame mucho
Mary Jo Carpenter, mezzo-soprano
Iren Arutyunyan, guitar

TOMAS MENDEZ (1927-1995)
Cucurrucucú, paloma
Claire Stoneman, soprano

TRADITIONAL VENEZUELAN, ARR. CRISTIAN GRASES (B. 1973)
La paloma
Iren Arutyunyan, guitar
Cole Castorina, percussion

RONALD MIRANDA (B. 1948)
Appassionata
Iren Arutyunyan, guitar

ALBERTO GINASTERA (1916-1983)
Cancion al Arbol del Olvido
Allison Zema, mezzo-soprano
Iren Arutyunyan, guitar

MEXICAN FOLKSONG, ARR. EDWARD KILENYI (1884-1968)
Noche serena
Lisa Roetzel, soprano

PERUVIAN FOLKSONG, ARR. DIANA V. SAEZ
El rio

JOSÉ LUIS MERLIN (B. 1952)
Carnavalito, Evocacion, and Joropo from Suite del Recuerdo
Iren Arutyunyan, guitar

VENEZUELAN FOLKSONG, ARR. DIANA V. SAEZ
El monigote

FOLK MERENGUE FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ARR. J.-T. GUZMÁN
El pambiche lento
Cole Castorina, percussion

R.F. MANN: Jewett (from The Sacred Harp)
FREEMAN LEWIS(?): Dunlap’s Creek (from The Beauties of Harmony)
ANONYMOUS: New Britain (from The Columbian Harmony)

SPIRITUAL, ARR. CLIFTON NOBLE: Hold On
SPIRITUAL, ARR. K. LEE SCOTT: Bright Mansions (Sarah Hughes, soloist)
SPIRITUAL, ARR. MOSES HOGAN AND R. DILWORTH: My Soul’s Been Anchored

TRAD., ARR. THOMAS A. DORSEY, JR.: Precious Lord

REVIVAL SONG, ARR. AARON COPLAND (1900-1990): Zion’s Walls
DUKE ELLINGTON (1899-1974): Come Sunday
TRAD., ARR. COPLAND: At the River

KIRKE MECHEM, B. 1925: From American Madrigals
He’s Gone Away
New York Girls
Sarah Hughes, conductor

TRAD., ARR. JOHN CARTER: Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be?

TRAD. APPALACHIAN, ARR. SHAWN KIRCHNER: Bright Morning Stars
Laurie Hamilton, Allison Gibbons, Laura Feja, Carole Mintzer, soloists

TRAD. SPIRITUAL: Go Down, Moses

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937): From Porgy and Bess
I Got Plenty O’ Nothing
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Summertime

ANANAIS DAVISSON, ARR. RICK BJELLA: Idumea (from The Kentucky Harmony)
Sandra Hilger, flute · Eliza Rubenstein, violin

TRAD. SHAKER, ARR. KEVIN SIEGFRIED: Love is Little
TRAD. SHAKER, ARR. SIEGFRIED: Lay Me Low

JEROME KERN AND OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN: Old Man River (from Showboat)

TRAD., ARR. TOM PORTER: Cripple Creek
Lisa Roetzel, soloist – Eliza Rubenstein, violin

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976): A Ceremony of Carols
I. Processional
II. Wolcum Yole!
III. There Is No Rose
IVA. That Yongë Child (Laurie Hamilton, mezzo-soprano)
IVB. Balulalow (Sarah Hughes, soprano)
V. As Dew in Aprille
VI. This Little Babe
VII. Interlude
VIII. In Freezing Winter Night (Candice Carvalho, soloist)
IX. Spring Carol (Claire Stoneman and Carole Mintzer, duet)
X. Deo Gracias
XI. Recessional

TRAD., ARR MICHAEL MCGLYNN: Two Carols
I. St. Nicholas
II. Coventry Carol (Areli De La Torre and Laura Feja, duet)
Sarah Hughes, conductor

CECILIA MCDOWALL (B. 1951): Ave Maria

GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934): Ave Maria

TRAD. ENGLISH, ARR. CARLOS SALZEDO (1885-1961): Good King Wenceslas

TRAD. ENGLISH: Variations on “Greensleeves”
Brian Noel, harp

TRAD. IRISH, ARR. ANNE MARIE HILDEBRANDT: The Wexford Carol
Allison Zema, soloist · Sarah Hughes, conductor

TRAD. WELSH LULLABY: Suo Gan
Claire Stoneman, soloist

JAMES MACMILLAN (B. 1959): Os Mutorum

CHARLES WOOD (1866-1926): Mater Ora Filium
Lisa Roetzel, Julie Johnson, Areli De La Torre, soloists

TRAD. ENGLISH, ARR. JOHN RUTTER: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

GIUSEPPE VERDE (1813-1901): Witches’ Choruses from Macbeth
Lisa Roetzel, Lauren Zampa, Carole Mintzer, soloists

GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875): “Ouvre ton coeur” from Carmen
Sarah Hughes, conductor

GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875): “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Habanera) from Carmen
Susan Ali, soloist

RICHARD ADLER AND JERRY ROSS, ARR. SALLY ALBRECHT: “Whatever Lola Wants” from Damn Yankees

FRANK LOESSER: “Adelaide’s Lament” from Guys and Dolls
Lisa Roetzel, soloist

IRVING BERLIN, ARR. CHARLENE YAZURLO: “They Say It’s Wonderful” from Annie Get Your Gun
Kate Carver, Laura Feja, Carole Mintzer, and Janet Bratton

IRVING BERLIN, ARR. KIRBY SHAW: “I Got the Sun in the Morning” from Annie Get Your Gun
Claire Stoneman, soloist • Lauren Zampa, conductor

IRVING BERLIN: “There’s No Business Like Show Business” from Annie Get Your Gun
Mary Jo Carpenter, soloist

JEROME KERN AND OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN: “All the Things You Are” from Very Warm for May
Krista Seaman, soloist

ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921): “I am Rosina Daintymouth” and “The Witch’s Ride” from Hansel and Gretel
Susan Ali, soloist

ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921): “When at Night I Go to Sleep” from Hansel and Gretel

ALAN MENKEN AND HOWARD ASHMAN, ARR. MARK BRYMER: “Little Shop of Horrors” from Little Shop of Horrors

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, DON BLACK AND CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON: “As If We Never Said Goodbye” from Sunset Boulevard
Susan Ali, soloist

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, ARR. MAC HUFF: “Loathing” from Wicked
Areli De La Torre and Kate Carver, duet

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, ARR. MAC HUFF: “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” from Wicked
Allison Hieger, soloist

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, ARR. MAC HUFF: “Popular” from Wicked
Areli De La Torre, soloist

LUTHER VANDROSS, ARR. ANDY BECK: “Everybody Rejoice” from The Wiz
Allison Hieger, soloist

DAVID GERMAN (B. 1954): Festival Trumpet Tune

ARR. ELIZABETH POSTON (1905-1987): Qui creavit coelum
Carole Mintzer, Lisa Roetzel, soloists

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847): Veni, Domine
Claire Stoneman, soprano
Sarah Hughes, conductor

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897): Psalm 13

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963): Litanies à la Vierge Noire

EMMA LOU DIEMER (B. 1927): Chorale Prelude on “Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee”

GWYNETH WALKER (B. 1947): The Lord’s Prayer (from Bethesda Evensong)
Claire Stoneman, Mariko Takahashi, duet

TARIK O’REGAN (B. 1978): We Remember Them
Sarah Hughes, Lisa Roetzel, Lauren Zampa, soloists

NICOLAUS BRUHNS (1665-1697): Prelude in E Minor

STEVEN SAMETZ (B. 1954): I Cannot Dance, O Lord

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976): Jubilate Deo

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): O How Amiable

CHARLES V. STANFORD (1852-1924): When In Our Music God Is Glorified

JOAN SZYMKO (B. 1957): The Singing Place
Sarah Hughes and Carole Mintzer, duet

LOUISE TALMA (1906-1996): Celebration
Lisa Roetzel, solo

JIM PAPOULIS: Sililiza (2012)
Amanda Duncan, percussion

VELJO TORMIS (B. 1930): Lauliku lapsepõli (“The Singer’s Childhood”)
Krista Seaman, solo; Laura Feja and Lisa DeBlauw, duet
Sarah Hughes, conductor

HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695): If Music Be the Food of Love
Carole Mintzer, alto

PURCELL: Music for a While
Sarah Hughes, soprano

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904): Songs My Mother Taught Me
Jenny Moon Shaw, soprano

JOSEPH GREGORIO (B. 1979): Alleluia

KIRKE MECHEM (B. 1925): We Can Sing That

TRAD. SHAKER, ARR. ALICE PARKER: How Can I Keep from Singing?
Amy Osajima, solo

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER (B. 1962): If You Can Walk, You Can Dance
Amanda Duncan, percussion

TRAD. APPALACHIAN, ARR. J. DAVID MOORE:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

MUSIC BY HARRY WARREN, LYRICS BY AL DUBIN, ARR. JAY ALTHOUSE: Lullaby of Broadway from 42nd Street

GEORGES BIZET: “Chorus of the Cigarette-Girls” from Carmen

UMBERTO GIORDANO: O pastorelle, addio from Andrea Chénier

CARL MARIA VON WEBER: Volkslied from Der Freischütz

MUSIC BY MARC SHAIMAN, LYRICS BY MARC SHAIMAN AND SCOTT WITMAN, ARR. DEKE SHARON: “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” from Hairspray

MUSIC BY RACHEL PORTMAN, LYRICS BY NICHOLAS WRIGHT, ARR. RICHARD ALLAIN: “The Roses” from The Little Prince

DAVID CONTE: “The Milky Way” from The Dreamers

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY LISA LAMBERT AND GREG MORRISON: “Show Off” from The Drowsy Chaperone

MUSIC BY MARC SHAIMAN, LYRICS BY MARC SHAIMAN AND SCOTT WITMAN, ARR. ROGER EMERSON: “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Hairspray

GUSTAV HOLST: Two Eastern Portraits

CHINESE FOLK SONG, ARR. JING LING TAM: Jasmine Flower

CHEN YI: Chinese Mountain Songs

JAPANESE FOLK SONG, ARR. RO OGURA: Hotaru Koi

JAPANESE FOLK SONG, ARR. MICHAEL NEAUM: Sakura

JAPANESE FOLK SONG, ARR. RACHEL STENSON: Fuyu no uta

KOREAN FOLK SONG, ARR. NINA GILBERT: K’wae-jina ching-ching nah-neh

THAI FOLK SONG, ARR. AUDREY SNYDER: Shining Moon

A.R. RAHMAN, ARR. ETHAN SPERRY: Barso Re (World premiere arrangement)

Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno, NV

March 2, 2012

TRAD. BULGARIAN, ARR. PHILIP KUTEV (1903-1982): Dragana i Slaveya (“Dragana and the Nightingale”)

R. MURRAY SCHAFER (B. 1933): Snowforms

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): Magnificat

DAVID CONTE: Christmas Intrada

WILLIAMETTA SPENCER: Angelus ad Virginem

EMMA LOU DIEMER: Four Carols

KIRKE MECHEM: Seven Joys of Christmas

RUTH HUBER: Winter (world premiere arrangement)

FRANK LA ROCCA: O Eve!

MEXICAN LULLABY, ARR. PETER HUNT: Senora Santa Ana

HENRY MOLLICONE: Lullaby

TRADITIONAL, ARR. RICHARD FELCIANO: Somerset Wassail

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Veni, Domine

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Laudate Pueri

LUCA MARENZIO: Two Madrigals

    Al primo vostro squardo

    Occhi dolci e soavi

REBECCA CLARKE: Ave Maria

GABRIEL FAURÉ: Ave Maria

GABRIEL FAURÉ: Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme

ELEANOR DALEY: Rise Up, My Love

KIRKE MECHEM: A Farewell

DAVID CONTE: The Milky Way

TRADITIONAL IRISH, ARR. STEPHEN HATFIELD: Colcannon

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL, ARR. ANDRÉ THOMAS: I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray

IRVING FINE: Beautiful Soup

TRADITIONAL IRISH, ARR. STEPHEN HATFIELD: Colcannon

TRADITIONAL ISRAELI, ARR. MARK GLICK: Chad gadya

REBECCA CLARKE: Ave Maria

ELEANOR DALEY: Rise Up, My Love

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL, ARR. ANDRÉ THOMAS: I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray

SHARON FARBER: When Music Sounds (World Premiere)

LUCA MARENZIO: Two madrigals

    Al primo vostro squardo

    Occhi dolci e soavi

GABRIEL FAURÉ: Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme

NATHAN CHRISTENSEN: How Do I Love Thee?

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Veni, Domine

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Laudate Pueri

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Psalm 23

LILI BOULANGER: Pie Jesu

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Requiem

VELJO TORMIS: Virmalised (Aurora Borealis)

VINCENT PERSICHETTI: Winter Cantata

R. MURRAY SCHAFER: Snowforms

UKRAINIAN FOLK SONG, ARR. EARLENE RENTZ: Sleigh Bells

CÉCILE CHAMINADE: Noël des marins (Sailors’ Carol)

HENRY MOLLICONE: National Weather Forecast

LIBBY LARSEN: Today, this spring

FRANCIS POULENC: Petites Voix

ALICE PARKER: Invocation—Peace

DALE TRUMBORE: Tribute (World Premiere)

MARIA LÖFBERG: O Virtus Sapientiae

JOAN SZYMKO: My Soul Magnifies the Lord

MANUEL DE FALLA: Nana

ATAHUALPA YUPANQUI, ARR. EMILE SOLÉ: Duerme Negrito

JAMESON MARVIN: Each Future Song

SANDI PEASLEE: And Ain’t I a Woman?

SUFFRAGIST SONGS, ARR. BOB GUNN: Everything but Vote

BRIAN HOLMES: I Shall Keep Singing

QUÉBÉCOIS FOLK SONG, ARR. DONALD PATRIQUIN: Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser

AMERICAN SPIRITUAL, ARR. MICHAEL CLEVELAND: Down in the Valley to Pray

VICTOR PARANJOTI: Dravidian Dithyramb

ATAHUALPA YUPANQUI, ARR. EMILE SOLÉ: Duerme Negrito

SWAHILI SONG, ARR. SALLY K. ALBRECHT: Furaha! (Valley High School Women’s Choir)

SLOVENIAN FOLK SONG, ARR. JAKOB JEŽ: Igraj Kolce

HURON DANCE SONG, ARR. DONALD PATRIQUIN: Innoria

JOAN SZYMKO: It Takes a Village

NATIVE AMERICAN SONG, ARR. ULALI: Mahk Jchi (Sage Hill School Women’s Choir)

SERBIAN GYPSY DANCE, ARR. NICK PAGE: Niška Banja

KOREAN FOLK SONG, ARR. WALLACE HORNADY: Nodle Kangbyon

TAMIL SONG, ARR. STEPHEN HATFIELD: Ödi Ödi

AFRICAN SONG, ARR. DONALD MOORE: Siyahamba (Valley High School Women’s Choir)

ROSEPHANYE POWELL: Still I Rise

KENYAN FOLK SONG, ARR. SHAWN L. KIRCHNER: Wana Baraka

DAVID L. BRUNNER: Yo Le Canto El Dia (Sage Hill School Women’s Choir)

CHRISTINE DONKIN: Magnificat

CHRISTOPHER WICKS: Anthem for the Annunciation of the Lord

PAUL CHIHARA: Magnificat

ANTONIO VIVALDI: Esurientes (from Magnificat)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Quia Respexit (from Magnificat)

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Magnificat

ALAN HOVHANESS: Quia Respexit and Omnes Generationes (from Magnificat)

GWYNETH WALKER: Magnificat (from Bethesda Evensong)

JOAN SZYMKO: My Soul Magnifies the Lord (World Premiere arrangement)

RYAN MCSWEENEY: Herself a Rose Who Bore the Rose (World Premiere)

Z. RANDALL STROOPE: Magnificat

NORMAN DELLO JOIO: A Jubilant Song

ERIC WHITACRE: She Weeps Over Rahoon

LINDA TUTAS HAUGEN: Sunshine and Cloudless Sky, from Anne Frank, A Living Voice

SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Sunlight Streaming in the Chamber and There is Nothing Comparable with Love

HENRI DUPARC: L’Invitation au Voyage

BRIAN HOLMES: The Mermaid

ROBERT YOUNG: How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps

QUINCY JONES: Miss Celie’s Blues

IRVING FINE: Three Choral Settings from Alice in Wonderland

ROSEPHANYE POWELL: Still I Rise

SULPITIA CESIS: Stabat Mater

DANIEL PINKHAM: From Three Lenten Poems of Richard Crashaw

1. On the Still Surviving Marks of Our Savior’s Wounds

III. O Save Us Then

ANTONIO LOTTI: Vere languores nostros

FRANCIS POULENC: Ave verum corpus

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI: Stabat mater

ROLLO DILWORTH: Jordan’s Angels

DANIEL PINKHAM: Angels Are Everywhere

JOAN SZYMKO: Angels Singing Out of Tune

TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA: Duo Seraphim

ORLANDO DI LASSO: Tragico tecti syrmate

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Gottes Engel weichen nie, BWV 149

GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL: Angels Ever Bright and Fair (from Theodora)

GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL: Let the Bright Seraphim (from Samson)

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Der englische Gruss

SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Angel

KATHRYN CHOMIK PARROTTA: Ave Maria 2

GABRIEL FAURE: Ave Maria

MATT DENNIS and EARL BRENT: Angel Eyes

TRADITIONAL, ARR. JOAN SZYMKO: African Lullaby

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer (from Hansel and Gretel )

BASQUE, ARR. MELISSA ROTH: A la puerta del cielo

SPIRITUAL, ARR. CLIFTON J. NOBLE: Listen to the Angels Shouting

MOSES HOGAN: Music Down in my Soul

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Lift Thine Eyes

JOHANNES BRAHMS: The 13th Psalm

BÉLA BARTÓK: Cipósütes

PHILIP KUTEV: Dragana i Slaveya

JOAN SZYMKO: Ave Maria

KIRKE MECHEM: A Farewell

ZAE MUNN: The Stove

CAROLINE KOHLSAAT and JAMES OPPENHEIM: Bread and Roses

SI KAHN, ARR. DAVID MOORE: We All Sang ‘Bread and Roses’

MARK SIRETT: Watane

RUTH HUBER: To My Excellent Lucasia, on our Friendship

CARY RATCLIFF: I Will Wind Thee in My Arms

SPIRITUAL, ARR. PAUL CALDWELL AND SEAN IVORY: Go Where I Send Thee!

DAME ETHEL SMYTH: March of the Women

SHAKER TUNE, ARR. GWYNETH WALKER: How Can I Keep from Singing?

LINDA TUTAS HAUGEN: Anne Frank, a Living Voice

ANGEL LAM: Oh Stars, from the Abyss (World Premiere)

KIRKE MECHEM: Songs of the Slave

COLE PORTER, ARR. DOT CALVIN: Another Op’nin’, Another Show

CHIARA MARIA COZZOLANI: O Gloriosa Domina

ANTONIO VIVALDI: Magnificat (Ospedale version)

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Ave Maria

PHILIP KUTEV: Dragana i Slaveya

VARIOUS, ARR. BOB GUNN: Sing It, Sister!

MARGARET DRYBURGH and NORAH CHAMBERS: The Captives’ Hymn from Song of Survival

HARRY WARREN, ARR. MAC HUFF: Chattanooga Choo Choo

BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON: I Remember, I Believe

T. JOHNSON and M. MORGAN, ARR. MAC HUFF: Some Days You Gotta Dance

MEL TORME and ROBERT WELLS, ARR. RUTH EMLEY: The Christmas Song

EMMA LOU DIEMER: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Orpheus with his Lute

HILARY TANN: Contemplations 21, 22

RUTH HUBER: To My Excellent Lucasia, on our Friendship (World Premiere)

MARY CARMICHAEL: Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred

MARY CARMICHAEL: Who Is Sylvia

EMMA LOU DIEMER: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Horch, horch, die Lerch

ANON. SCOTTISH, ARR. SHEENA PHILLIPS: Lady Lothian’s Lilt: One Yeir Begins (U.S. Premiere)

EMILY CROCKER: It Was a Lover and His Lass

LANA WALTER: To My Dear and Loving Husband

ROBERT YOUNG: How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps

CARY RATCLIFF: I Will Wind Thee in My Arms

R. PAUL DRUMMOND: Sigh No More, Ladies

LOU HARRISON: Here Is Holiness

RYAN MCSWEENEY: Pied Beauty (World Premiere)

JOHANNES SOMARY: Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church (West-Coast Premiere)

TRAD., ARR. STEPHANIE FEDER: Eli, Eli (World Premiere)

HILARY TANN: Contemplations 21, 22 (West-Coast Premiere)

OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine

WILLIAM WALKER: Hail the Blest Morn

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Vizkereszt

GUSTAV HOLST: Hymn to the Dawn and Hymn of the Travellers

VINCENT PERSICHETTI: maggie and milly and molly and may

NED ROREM: Gentle Visitations

CECIL EFFINGER: Silence

WILFRID HOLLAND: Selections from Epiphany

JEFFREY BIEGEL: Hey Ho, the Wind and the Rain

DANIEL PINKHAM: Manger Scenes

SPIRITUAL, ARR. J. DAVID MOORE: Follow the Drinking Gourd

MARGARET BONDS: Selections from Ballad of the Brown King

SPIRITUAL, ARR. RON HUFF: Wonderful Counselor

CARL ORFF: Song of the Sun

KA NIN CHAN: Ave Maris Stella

MARK GRESHAM: The Young Galileo

DAVID CONTE: The Milky Way

CÉCILE CHAMINADE: Ronde du Crepuscule

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Esti Dal

GWYNETH WALKER: Silver Apples of the Moon

ROBERT YOUNG: How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps

ALAN HOVHANESS: O Lady Moon

STEPHEN HATFIELD: When the Stars Fall

R. MURRAY SCHAFER: Miniwanka

GOFFIN AND KING, ARR. RAUGH AND SHARON: Up on the Roof

SPIRITUAL, ARR. J. DAVID MOORE: Follow the Drinking Gourd

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Veni, Domine

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Lift Thine Eyes

JOHANNES BRAHMS: The 13th Psalm

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns, and Harp

CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN: Two Songs

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Spruch

FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL: Wandl’ich in dem Wald des Abends

ANTONIN DVOŘAK: Three Moravian Duets

ERNST KRENEK: In Paradisum

AARON COPLAND: An Immorality

MOSES HOGAN: Music Down in My Soul

WILLIAM WALKER: Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

WILLIAM WALKER: Hail the Blest Morn

WILLIAM BILLINGS: Judea

WILLIAM WALKER: The Hills are Bare at Bethlehem

JEREMIAH INGALLS: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

SHAKER TUNE, ARR. GWYNETH WALKER: How Can I Keep from Singing?

RAYMOND EGAN: Epiphany Hymn

SPIRITUAL, ARR. ANDRE THOMAS: Keep Your Lamps

SPIRITUAL, ARR. CLIFTON J. NOBLE: Hold On

SPIRITUAL, ARR. YSAYE BARNWELL: There Is a Balm in Gilead

SPIRITUAL, ARR. MARYLOU INDIA JACKSON: Steal Away

SPIRITUAL, ARR. PAUL CALDWELL and SEAN IVORY: Go Where I Send Thee!

KEITH HAMPTON: Praise His Holy Name

JASON WHITE: Emmanuel

WILLIAM MATHIAS: O Aula Nobilis

CARL ORFF: Carmina Burana

ALAN TERRICCIANO: Jasmine; Cosas Alegrias; Canon

TRAD., ARR. CAROLINE LYON: Two South African Ceremonial Songs

LIBBY LARSEN: I Just Lightning

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Three Witches’ Choruses from Macbetto

Solo works for harp (performed by Brian Noel)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols

YSAYE M. BARNWELL: Breaths

TRAD. JAPANESE, ARR. RO OGURA: Hotaru Koi

DANIEL PINKHAM: Bugs

MARK SIRETT: Watane

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti

ARSENIO GIRON: Autumn Wind

VELJO TORMIS: Kevadkillud

IRVING FINE: Beautiful Soup

LANA WALTER: The Old Woman in a Basket

ALAN TERRICCIANO: Jasmine; Cosas Alegrias; Canon (WORLD PREMIERE)

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CHIARA MARGARITA COZZOLANI: O Gloriosa Domina

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Laudi alla Vergine Maria

KIRKE MECHEM: Selections from The Winged Joy

JOAN SZYMKO: Ave Maria

ANON., 12TH CENTURY.: Castitatis Thalamum

CHIARA MARGARITA COZZOLANI: O Gloriosa Domina

FRANCIS POULENC: Ave Maria

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Laudi alla Vergine Maria

LANA WALTER: Elizabeth’s Ave

JOAN SZYMKO: Ave Maria

PABLO CASALS: Cançó a la Verge

MAX REGER: Mary’s Cradle Song

JAVIER BUSTO: Ave Maria

CHARLES WOOD: Mater Ora Filium

KIRKE MECHEM: Selections from The Winged Joy

AMY BEACH: Come Unto These Yellow Sands

LILI BOULANGER: Les Sirènes

JAVIER BUSTO: La Noche en la Isla

ENGLISH FOLKSONG, ARR. ELEANOR DALEY: The Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle

LEONARD BERNSTEIN: There is a Garden (from Trouble in Tahiti)

SAMOAN FOLKSONGS, ARR. CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL: Pusi Nofo and Moemoe Pepe

ARR. FRANCISCO NUÑEZ: Three Dominican Folksongs

ARR. ELECTO SILVA: Four Haitian Folksongs

ENGLISH FOLKSONG, ARR. MARGARET DRYBURGH and NORA CHAMBERS: Londonderry Air (from Song of Survival)

MARGARET DRYBURGH: The Captives’ Hymn (from Song of Survival)

ARUBAN FOLKSONG, ARR. E. TOPPENBERG: Balia di Sehu

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9

CONRAD SUSA: Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest

RANDALL THOMPSON: The Place of the Blest

MALCOLM FORSYTH: Auyuittuq (Southern California Premiere)

FRANCIS BAXTER: Snow on the River

TRAD. NIGERIAN, ARR. BABATUNDE OLATUNJI and WENDELL WHALUM: Betelehemu

ZAE MUNN: The Muse and The Stove

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O Virtus Sapientiae

MARIA LOFBERG: O Virtus Sapientiae

HENRY PURCELL: Sing, Sing, Ye Muses

GUSTAV HOLST: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (set 3)

ISRAELI FOLKSONG, ARR. NINA GILBERT: Artsa Alinu

STEPHEN HATFIELD: Chant for a Long Day

IVAN SPASSOV: Twche Donka Platno

BÉLA BARTÓK: Three Treble Choruses

ATAHUALPA YUPANQUI, ARR. EMILE SOLA: Duerme Negrito

CAROLINE KOHLSAAT and JAMES OPPENHEIM: Bread and Roses

SI KAHN, ARR. DAVID MOORE: We All Sang ‘Bread and Roses’

EMMA LOU DIEMER: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind

TRAD., ARR. G. EMLEN: Breton Carol

VINCENT PERSICHETTI: Winter Cantata

ANDREJS JANSONS: Two Latvian Carols

LOUIS M. DESHANTZ: A Teasdale Winter Trilogy

R. MURRAY SCHAFER: Snowforms

MEREDITH WILLSON, ARR. MAC HUFF: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

KARL JENKINS: Sleep, Child of Winter

RUTH AND CLAUDE THORNHILL, ARR. R. EMERSON: Snowfall

IRVING BERLIN, ARR. H. MCCARTHY: White Christmas

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Quia Ergo Femina (antiphon)

MARIA LOFBERG: Hildegard Motets

ALO RITSING: Sulle Mulle

MIINA HARMA: Ei Saa Mitte Vaiki Olla and Nooruse Unenagu

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Selections from Liebeslieder-Walzer and Neue Liebeslieder

KIRKE MECHEM: Selections from The Winged Joy: A Woman’s Love by Women Poets

AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS SONG: Stayed on Freedom

SPIRITUAL, ARR. JESTER HAIRSTON: Poor Man Laz’rus

TRAD. SOUTH AFRICAN, ARR. NYBERG: Freedom is Coming and We Are Free

ANTONIN DVOŘAK, ARR. M. DRYBURGH AND N. CHAMBERS: Largo (from Song of Survival)

MARGARET DRYBURGH: The Captives’ Hymn (from Song of Survival)

DAME ETHEL SMYTH: Laggard Dawn and March of the Women

RUTH HUBER: Big Dogs, Music, and Wild, Wild Women

ANON., C. 1482: In Natali Domini

ANON., 14TH CENTURY: Angelus ad Virginem

ANON., 15TH CENTURY: There is No Rose

TRAD., ARR. J. E. HUGHES: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

SPIRITUAL, ARR. EDWARD JUREY: Mary Had a Baby

CHARLES WOOD: Mater Ora Filium

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS: Ecce Maria

WILLIAM BYRD: From Virgin’s Womb and Rejoice, Rejoice

FRANZ BIEBL: Ave Maria

MAURICE DURUFLE: Tota Pulchra Es

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS: Sing with Joy, Loud Voices Raise

CRISTOBAL DE MORALES: O Magnum Mysterium

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI: In a Manger

SAMUEL SCHEIDT: A Child is Born in Bethlehem

PETER MOORSE: A Child is Born

GERALD HENDRIE: As I Outrode this Enderes Night

DANIEL PINKHAM: Angelus ad Pastores Ait and Christmas Cantata

ERNST KRENEK: Three Madrigals

SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Six Songs

FRANCIS POULENC: Petites Voix

AULIS SALLINEN: Songs from the Sea

FRANZ SCHUBERT, ARR. JOHANNES BRAHMS: Ellens Zweiter Gesang

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Spruch

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Ständchen

ANTONIN DVOŘAK: Four Moravian Duets

MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Tota Pulchra Es

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES: The Fader of Heven

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Ave Maria

BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON: The Seven Principles

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Oxen

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Christmas Dance of the Shepherds

ROBERT EVAN HOLMES: Beams of Gentle Light

TRAD., ARR. SAMUEL ADLER: Who Can Retell?

RAYMOND EGAN: Increasing December (World Premiere)

IGOR STRAVINSKY: Cantata

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Salut Printemps

GUSTAV MAHLER: The Cuckoo, the Nightingale, and the Donkey

BÉLA BARTÓK: Enchanting Song; The Wooing of a Girl

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Dancing Song

VINCENT PERSICHETTI: sam was a man

AARON COPLAND: An Immorality

PHILIP GLASS: Dreamy Kangaroo

GWYNETH WALKER: Silver Apples of the Moon

RAYMOND EGAN: i thank you god

R. MURRAY SCHAFER: Miniwanka

ERNANI AGUIAR: Salmo 150

YSAYE M. BARNWELL: Wanting Memories

IVAN LINS, ARR. JIM SCOTT: Common Ground

ANON., 14TH CENTURY: Flos Regalis

ANDREJS JANSONS: Ziemas svëtki sabraukuši

TRADITIONAL POLISH CAROL: Lulajze Jezuniu

NURIT HIRSCH: Bashana Haba’ah

MARCEL DUPRÉ: The World Awaiting the Savior (from Passion Symphony)

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Epiphany

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols

ANON., 18TH CENTURY: Montes y Valles

YSAYE M. BARNWELL: Wanting Memories

MALCOLM DALGLISH: Hosanna (from Hymnody of Earth)

CANADIAN FOLK SONG, ARR. ALICE PARKER: Punching the Dough